♦ NEWS: June 13-17, 2022, 5-day plein air watercolor landscape course: Blue Mountain School of Landscape Painting
Location: Thornbury, Ontario, Canada, on scenic Georgian Bay approximately 2 hours north of Toronto
Course Title: “Watercolor: Painting Intuitively”
Description: Mastering a loose technique is the groundwork that will enable you to paint intuitively. Imagine the freedom you will experience when your brush strokes describe the shape and “look” of your subject without picky detail. Develop or perfect a style that maximizes watercolour spontaneity and expressive freedom. Specific brush technique, juxtaposition of values and use of visual texture and rhythm to create your scene are the focus of this course as we paint on site. Each class starts with a demonstration specific to the learning for the day.
To register: https://www.bluemountainpainting.ca
♦ On-Going, Year-Round, Classes, Workshops and Zoom Demos
Art League of Hilton Head Academy, 106 Cordillo Parkway, Hilton Head Is., SC, 843-842-5738, To register: www.artleaguehhi.org
Collections:
The City of Toronto corporate collection
The University of South Carolina-Beaufort Pritchards Island paintings collection, New River Campus library and Hospitality Campus, Hilton Head Is., SC.
Xanadu Condominiums, Hilton Head Island, SC
Numerous exhibitions of paintings, print works, and sculpture in Canada and the United States.
Awards for sculpture including a “first in class” at the International Woodcarver’s Show, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Canada.
Where to find my work:
The Hilton Head Art League Academy, 106 Cordillo Pkwy., Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. www.artleaguehhi.org
The Charles Street Gallery, 914 Charles Street, Beaufort, South Carolina, 843-521-9054 www.thecharlesstreetgallery.com
Coastal Discovery Museum Gift Shop Honey Horn Historic site, Hilton Head Island, SC
Membership:
Founding member of the Multi Media Arts Guild, Kingston, Ontario
Member of the Hilton Head Art League
The Apple Pie Painters
Lifetime member of the American art honorary society, Delta Phi Delta.
Book Illustrations:
“Something So Real”: a new inspirational book by Shannon Kaprive with 64 color plates of original watercolor paintings by Alexandra Sharma. Publisher: Star Books www.shannonkaprive.com
Exhibitions and workshops:
♦ Solo Show: March-April, 2018, “Historic Bluffton: Paintings From the Archives”, Bluffton Public Library, 120 Palmetto Way, Bluffton, SC.
♦ Solo Show: March 2017, “Rose Hill and Belfair Mansions: intimate and Revealing Watercolors”, Art League of Hilton Head, SC, Walter Greer Gallery
♦ JUROR, 53rd Annual Shrimp Festival Art Exhibition, Fernandina Beach, Florida, April 30, 2016
♦ “THE ART OF TEACHING”, Aug.-Sept, 2010, group show, Walter Greer Gallery, Art Center of Coastal Carolina, Hilton Head Island, SC
♦ Solo Show Oct.-Nov. 2013, “FRESH PAINT: New watercolor Paintings by Alexandra Sharma”, Walter Greer Gallery, Art Center of Coastal Carolina, Hilton Head Is., SC
♦ “APPLE PIE PAINTERS”, Aug.-Sept. 2011, group show, Walter Greer Gallery, Art Center of Coastal Carolina, Hilton Head Island, SC
♦ PAINTING WORKSHOP, Todi, Italy: May 5 – 12, 2011
♦ “AL FRESCO”, May-June, 2010, “Five Artists Reveal Nature’s Bounty”, group show, May- June, 2010 Head Art League Gallery
♦ “APPLE PIE PAINTERS ON THE MOVE”: 9 Artists, 9 diverse perspectives, group show, April, 2010, The Charles Street Gallery, 914 Charles Street, Beaufort, SC www.thecharlesstreetgallery.com
♦ SOUTHAMPTON ART SCHOOL, Southampton, Ontario, Canada, June, 2010 www.southamptonart.com
♦ MIDDLETOWN ARTS CENTER, Middletown, Ohio, Oil painting workshop: Nov,, 2009. www.middletownartscenter.com
♦ BLUE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING: acrylic workshop June-July, 2009. www.bluemountainpainting.ca
♦ “THE APPLE PIE PAINTERS INSPIRED BY HONEY HORN”, group show, May-Aug, 2008, Coastal Discovery Museum Gallery at Honey Horn, Hilton Head Island, SC
♦ Solo Show, March-April, 2008, “WATER WORKS”, , Hilton Head Art League Gallery, HHI, SC
♦ Solo Show, Nov., 2006, “EAST MEETS WEST”, Recent paintings from India, Mars the Real Estate Store, Palmetto Bay Rd, Hilton Head Island. November 1-30, 2006
♦ “AS WE SEE IT”, group show, April, 2006, Walter Greer Gallery, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Hilton Head Is., SC.
♦ “WINTERFAIRE”, group show, Dec. 2005, Hilton Head Gallery, Dec. 4 – 10, 2005
♦ “ISLAND TREASURES REVEALED”, group show, Sept.-Dec. 2005, , Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head Is., SC , 843-689-6767
♦ Solo Show, April 2005, “ISLAND PERSPECTIVES”, Hilton Head Framing and Gallery, Pineland Station, Hilton Head Is., SC
♦ “APPLE PIE PAINTERS” group show, April 2005,: Mars the Real Estate Store, Palmetto Bay Rd, Hilton Head Is., SC
♦ Solo Show, Feb.-March, 2005, “WATER-COLOR-INK”, Art League of Hilton Head Gallery, Pineland Station, Hilton Head Is., SC
♦ Solo Show, Feb-March 2004, “OIL AND WATER EXPLORATIONS”, Charles Street Gallery, Beaufort, SC, 843-521-9054
Publications:
Art League of Hilton Head 2004 to present
New York Times Oct. 28, 2005
Island Packet Mar 12, 2001, May 12, 2002, Nov. 20, 2002, Apr 8, 2004, Feb. 4, 2005, Feb. 11. 2005, April 12, 2005, Oct. 14, 2005, Nov. 18, 2005, Mar 24, 2006, Mar 25, 2011, Feb. 17, 2017, Mar 3, 2017
Low Country Weekly Nov. 26, 2003, Feb. 4-17, 2004, April 20- May 3, 2005, Dec. 7-20, 2005, Mar 22-Apr. 4, 2006, Feb 22-Mar 7, 2017, Aug 5-18, 2020
Beaufort Gazette Feb 20, 2004, Feb 20, 2005, Mar 2005, Nov 18, 2005, May 2010
Carolina Morning News Apr 8, 2014, Sept 15, 2005
Hilton Head Sun Feb 3, 2016, Mar 1, 2018, Mar 7, 2018
Bluffton Sun Mar 1, 2017, Mar 14, 2017
Bluffton Today Mar 2, 2006, Apr 2006, July 2011
Bluffton Breeze March 2017
The Posh Rock Rail Nov 2002
The News Leader Apr-May 2016
Art News (Arts Council Oct-Dec 2003, 2004, March 2005, Spring 2005, Dec 2005, Winter Beaufort County) 2005, Spring 2006, Nov 2009
Arts and Culture (USCB) Feb-Mar 1999, Apr-May 2002, 2003-2004, 2005
Hilton Head Monthly May 2008, Feb 2018
Local Life Magazine Nov 2017, Feb 2018, Sept 2021
Pink Magazine Oct 2005, Mar 2018
South Magazine Mar 2017
Low Country Event Mar 2017
Coastal Senior Feb 2005
Carolina Arts Feb 2005
Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Program 2009-2010, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019
Toronto Bd. of Education Fall/Winter 1982-1998